Scarlet Knights Improve to 3-0Down Ohio 24-7 with Strong Defense

The Scarlet Knights’ defensive unit provided field position to the offense and put points on the board as well—all in the first half. Two first half interceptions set RU up on the Ohio’s 31 and 38 yard lines. Brando Renkart fell on an Ohio fumble for a TD to put RU up 23-7 and Jeremy Ito’s extra point ended the scoring with 46 seconds remaining in the first half.

The RU defense then went out in the second half and shut down Ohio University completely.

Ohio was held to just 98 net yards in the game and committed 4 turnovers.

RU had 300 yards net offense and committed 3 turnovers, all interceptions thrown my Mike Teel.

Ray Rice ran for 190 yards and two TDs on 29 carries. It marks the fifth consecutive game Rice has run for over 100 yards.

The Knights’ punter, Joe Radigan had another great game. Called upon to punt four times, he kicked for more than 50 yards twice with the longest going 66 yards. He placed two punts inside the 20 and had a total of 199 yards on his four kicks.

Jeremy Ito succeeded on his three extra point attempts and his only field goal attempt at 29 yards.

Rutgers’ record is now 3-0. They next play at home against Howard University next Saturday at 2:00 PM.

Rah! Rah!
Rutgers Rah!

UPDATE:
(Game Story and stats here.)

One disturbing note to this game (and the previous two) is Rutgers’ inability to come out in the second half and be any kind of force offensively. They have scored few points after the intermission and this will hurt them in the future if they can’t get untracked. Also note that Brian Leonard, touted as a Heisman candidate at the start of the season, has not performed to the level expected. Yeah, he’s been doing some great blocking for Ray Rice, opening some holes a Mack truck could move through, but he needs to become more of an alternative weapon.

Cat Moves

Apparently the stress of moving to the cabin has affected the cats too. I know for a fact they were NOT terribly happy about the four-hour drive from NJ on Monday. Although, I must say that the two little guys, Chester and his sister Shadow, took it much better than Julie. The little guys complained for a few minutes but then went to sleep. Julie yowled and howled for a good hour before she gave up and just stared at me with those evil green eyes of hers.

Anyway, they made it to the cabin and have been exploring what little open space there is inside. (It is a challenge to keep them inside when we are moving stuff in and out! Sometimes it feels like you're playing goalie for the NY Rangers and the cats are little darting pucks!)

Space is at a premium here in the cabin so the little guys have found some interesting napping sites.

Shadow and Chester napping…again.

Actually they have, on occasion found places right out in the open in which to sleep.

Julie and Chester swipe Terry’s seat for the afternoon.


After the ordeal of moving to a new location (and eating everyone’s dinner!) Shadow decided to nap for a few hours.

Actually, I feel sorry for, and yet look forward to, Shadow and Chester finding a mouse. I can see a tag team activity going on. If the mouse gets away (HA!) from one for just a six-inch escape, the other will pounce. Over and over and over this will happen until the mouse dies of exhaustion or Julie takes it away. (I don’t think she would eat it, but she would want to play too.)

So Long NJ!

Well, it’s done. Terry and I are officially non-residents of New Jersey. The closing on our home occurred without a hitch Tuesday afternoon. Now we just have to figure out how to get ourselves declared residents of PA even though we are not actually living there yet. There’s little sense in declaring NY our home since we will be out of here in a month and a half if Don, Adam and I can get things moving. All the paperwork involved in getting yourself declared a resident of a state is amazing. Just as all sorts of proofs need to be presented to NJ DMV to renew a license, PA requires much the same only their offices are only open two days a week locally. If I want to drive down to Williamsport they are open 6 days a week. But be prepared to stay in line that long! Oh, well. Soon.

Tuesday morning we loaded my pickup truck and Terry’s car with the last of our belongings and dropped a few plants off with the neighbor for adoption or euthinashia as she sees fit. (Then we called my brother-in-law to see if he could pick up some desks and chairs I had no room for—bad planning that.) Terry drove around dropping off the cable company’s box and remotes, telling the post office about our change of address, dropping things off at the church and library, and then she called Verizon to cancel our DSL since that is not cancelled with the phone service. (Think about that for a second. Canceling Verizon phone service does not automatically cancel the DSL service. If you don’t get Verizon phone can you get Verizon DSL?) She finished by contacting PSE&G; with our final meter reading. (JCP&L; sent someone out to read the meter, but that is exterior. PSE&G; and the water meter are inside. Water is supposed to be read via telephone, but they couldn’t provide a final reading at the closing so I don’t know what’s up with that.

We closed at 4PM and then had dinner on our realtor’s dime before setting out for the Adirondacks and our temporary home while PA is being completed. We’ve almost totally unpacked and have barely enough room to walk around inside the cabin, none in the garage and even have stuff in the trailer parked in the barn. It will take us two or three days to sort some of the stuff out and put it away in a more logical manner but, by Saturday or Sunday (my birthday!) we should be well established in our digs.

On the PA front, Don reports that most of the kitchen cabinets were delivered on Wednesday and that he and Adam are making progress with the last bit of work on the utilities and varnishing. (I’m not sure what they are varnishing but, hey, they’re doing it!)